Most Popular Bible Verses in Haggai
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The word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet:
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses,
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”
on the fields and the hills,
on the grain, new wine, olive oil,
and whatever the ground yields,
on man and beast,
and on all that your hands produce.”
Then Zerubbabel
The Lord stirred up the spirit
Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, delivered the Lord’s message to the people, “I am with you”
Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Doesn’t it seem like nothing to you?
“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined
Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house. Then I will be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord.
Even so, be strong, Zerubbabel”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
“This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt,
“The silver and gold belong to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
“The final glory of this house
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet:
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month,
If a man is carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy?”
The priests answered, “No.”
“Now, reflect back from this day: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord’s temple,
Then Haggai asked, “If someone defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?”
The priests answered, “It becomes defiled.”
On that day”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, My servant”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and make you like My signet ring,
Then Haggai replied, “So is this people, and so is this nation before Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.
“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and to the remnant of the people:
“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you.”
“Consider carefully
what state were you in?
The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew,
I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms.
In the second year of King Darius,
For the Lord of Hosts says this: “Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth,
“The Lord of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”
I will shake all the nations so that the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,”